TANDEM RAIL LAYING ON THE SOO LINE--AND WHY

Rail laying system described features two gangs, which formerly worked at separate locations on the system, now operate one behind the other, with resulting benefits to both the engineering and transportation departments. With one rail laid, the second unit of rail gang proceeds to lay opposite rail. The two units work about three strings apart.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation

  P.O. Box 350
  Bristol, CT  United States  06010
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 14-15
• Serial:
  • Railway Track and Structures
  • Volume: 69
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
  • ISSN: 0033-9016

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Railroad rails; Track laying
• Identifier Terms: Soo Line Railroad Company
• Old TRIS Terms: Soo line railroad
• Subject Areas: Construction; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050657
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM